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Petite vs Undersized - What's the difference?

petite | undersized |

As adjectives the difference between petite and undersized

is that petite is while undersized is below the usual or expected size.

petite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.
  • Of women's clothing: of small size.
  • Small, little; insignificant; petty.
  • * 1662 , Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
  • The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?

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    undersized

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • below the usual or expected size